[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 126 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATIONS TO GREATER TULSA AREA HISPANIC AFFAIRS COMMISSION

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                           HON. JOHN SULLIVAN

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to extend my congratulations to the 
Greater Tulsa Area Hispanic Affairs Commission in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for 
25 years of service to the Hispanic community.
  Then Mayor, James M. Inhofe, and Jack and Aurora Ramirez Helton 
formed the Greater Tulsa Area Hispanic Affairs Commission in 1979. A 
city ordinance and county resolution were enacted so that the 
Commission would continue in the future. In 1979 only a few cities in 
the United States had such a commission. The Commission's current work 
includes annual youth exchanges and adult exchanges, which are an 
established part of their partnership with Tulsa's Eisenhower 
International School. Eisenhower has the United States' only elementary 
school international exchange program in its relationship with San Luis 
Potosi's Instituto Cervantes.
  May the commission have many more years of such valuable community 
service and prosperity.

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